Flanigan Surname

42,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,297 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Flanigan Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Of Red Complexion.

[Irish Flannagan—flann, red + the diminutive suff, -gan]

Flanigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,4271:34,7624,332
Australia8521:31,6854,216
Canada3091:119,24112,570
England2291:243,31019,878
Scotland1431:37,4393,597
Northern Ireland901:20,5002,453
South Africa761:712,86550,752
Argentina381:1,124,82767,975
Jamaica291:98,9644,125
Wales241:128,9399,528
Ireland171:276,9969,887
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
France81:8,302,840321,660
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland5831:7,5981,163
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3171:76,8948,364
Scotland2051:18,2601,895
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,7771:13,2961,705

Flanigan (35) may also be a first name.

Flanigan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Of Red Complexion.

[Irish Flannagan—flann, red + the diminutive suff, -gan]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) The little ruddy man; grandson of little Flann (red).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Flanigan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Flanigan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Flanigan (Russian: Фланиган) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Flanigan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 42,382nd most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 592,628 people. The surname Flanigan is mostly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Flanigan live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly held forename in the world. It is borne by 35 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 10,427 people, or 1 in 34,762. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 7 percent reside, Maryland, where 7 percent reside and New York, where 5 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 41 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 7 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Flanigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Flanigan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Flanigan last name grew 276 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 28 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 30 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Flanigan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Flanigan last name is predominantly Catholic (87%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Flanigan surname are 11.47% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.24% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Flanigan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 268.38% more than the national average, earning R 875,400 per year; in United States they earn 8.19% more than the national average, earning $46,682 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.49% more than the national average, earning $60,362 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Flanigan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Flanigan in the Russian language
Фланиганflanigan-

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Flanigan Reference & Research

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